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Denver Broncos quarterback Drew Lock isn't being handed anything. The Broncos took Lock in the second round back in April, but they're making the rookie earn it. Joe Flacco seems entrenched as the starter, and Lock is in a tough battle just to become the backup.
He's battling with journeyman Kevin Hogan for the right to hold Flacco's clipboard, and so far he seems to be trailing. The Broncos recently announced that Hogan will start the team's first preseason game since Flacco won't play, but Lock isn't phased and is just looking forward to getting out there.
“It’s obviously not the 1s that are going to go out and play this game,” Lock said via Kyle Fredrickson of the Denver Post. “There will be a lot of young guys, a lot of draft picks, a lot of couple-year guys — the juices will be flowing, people will be riled up, but let’s calm down, let’s show we can drive down the field, be crisp, be smart, no penalties before the snap — be a really clean quarterback that doesn’t force the ball downfield, that can check it down and keep moving the sticks.”
Lock made it clear that whether he's the starter or backup he's going to come out as the same player.
“Of course, I’ll be a little fired up to show people what I can do and bring the juice that I brought through college,” Lock said. “I think you’ll still see the same me. I’m confident in what I can do, whether I go in right at the beginning of the game or at end of the game. I’m going to be the same guy and prove to people that one day, I should be starting these games.”
“We can actually have a dialogue and talk, and get into the really deep stuff about football rather than, ‘What did I do wrong on this play?’ Just very simple things like that,” Lock said. “Being able to have in-depth conversations, I think that was the big jump for me in these first two weeks.”
